Retired military Bishop Glynn, who won Bronze Star in Vietnam, dies

Published: 2004-08-31

BOSTON (CNS) -- Retired Auxiliary Bishop John J. Glynn of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, awarded a Bronze Star for valor while a Navy chaplain in the Vietnam War, died at age 78 in Milton, just outside Boston. A funeral Mass was held Aug. 27 at his boyhood parish, St. Gregory's Church in the Boston suburb of Dorchester. He died of colon cancer Aug. 23 at Milton Hospital. Bishop Glynn was named an auxiliary bishop for the military archdiocese in 1991 and retired in 2002. While a member of the U.S. bishops' international policy committee in 1999, Bishop Glynn participated with other religious leaders and famous personalities in campaigns supporting a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty and measures to reduce the foreign debt of poor countries. At an Oct. 7, 1999, press conference, he said the test ban treaty "is not just a political or legal instrument; it is a moral commitment." He said, "We cannot credibly urge other nations to forgo nuclear weapons if we are not even willing to ratify a treaty to stop testing our own nuclear weapons."

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